Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region - Brussels Office

Considered a science and technology hub including a significant number of internationally known research infrastructures, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region (FVG), located at the heart of Central and South East Europe, hosts a large community of international students and researchers together with a noteworthy network of public and private research institutions. Thanks to the regional Scientific and Innovation System network (SiS), territorial players can count on a strategic tool that enhances activities that help valorisation of innovation and scientific and technology research. According to the Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2023, Friuli Venezia Giulia is recognised as a strong innovator, thanks to the high number of scientific publications, design applications and SMEs innovating in-house.

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Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region - Brussels Office

S3 Strategy

The Sustainable Smart Specialisation Strategy (S4) of the Friuli Venezia Giulia 2021-2027 encompasses five specialisation areas: Energy transition, circular economy and environmental sustainability; Smart factory and sustainable development of Made in Italy supply chains; Maritime Technologies - Sustainable Waterborne Mobility and its Land Connections connections; Health, quality of life, agribusiness and bio-economy; Cultural heritage, design, creative industries, tourism.

Strategic R&I Projects

NOEMIX

It contributes to the transition to a low carbon economy, reducing urban pollution and increasing the production of energy from renewable sources. In 2019 it was selected by EASME to be illustrated at Ecomondo, an international fair on the circular economy.

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ITHACA

ITHACA – Innovation in Health and Care for All involves nine regions from the EU to share experiences and good practices on smart health and care innovation, to improve active and healthy ageing of the population.

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ASTAHG

ASTAHG- Alpine Space Transnational Governance of Active and Healthy Ageing aims at improving the governance capacities of regional Active and Healthy Ageing policies and easing the transferring of innovation and initiatives within the Alpine Space.

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CRE:HUB

CRE:HUB - Policies for cultural creative industries: the hub for innovative regional development brings together eight regions that consider Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) a strategic sector of development and want to create new enterprises and to support the existing ones working in this field.

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CHIMERA

CHIMERA - Innovative cultural and creative clusters in the MED area aims at enforcing innovation of CCIs at EU level through the development of transnational clusters, EU networks and territorial synergies among companies, research centres, public authorities and civil society.

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Working Group Leaders

Latest Updates

  • By Hilary Webb

Expert sought for capacity building session on Innovation Ecosystems

Maritime Technology Cluster FVG, through its participation in the InnovaMare project, has an open call for experts for its remote capacity building session on the subject of innovation ecosystems. 

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

Submit your workshop proposal for the 20201AAL Forum

The  Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, as co-organizer of the 2021 edition of the AAL Forum, which will be held in Trieste from May 10th  to 12th, is glad to invite you to submit your workshop proposal to create discussions and promote new ways of approaching either of the four tracks of the upcoming AAL Forum.

  • By Francesca Pozzebon

NEB Task Force Satellite Event: Regions & Cities paving the future of the NEB

ERRIN New European Bauhaus Task Force is organising a NEB Festival Satellite event on the role of regions and cities in shaping the future of the NEB on 16 April from 10:00-12:00. The event will be an opportunity to present the key findings and recommendations from ERRIN members' direct experience, stressing the crucial role of regions in the coherent planning and successful implementation of the New European Bauhaus.

  • By Annamaria Cosattini

Big Science Business Forum

Insight into Europe's Premier Big Science Gathering. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with key figures shaping the event: Alessia Rosolen, Councillor for Research, University of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Paolo Acunzo, Director of BSBF Trieste 2024. The event will take place on 11 April, 14:30-16:00

  • By Lucy Hammond

EWRC: A cross-border European Capital of Culture: new challenges for cohesion policy

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region – Brussels Liason Office is pleased to invite you to take part in the workshop “A cross-border European Capital of Culture: new challenges for cohesion policy” which will be held on 10 October 2023, from 14:30 to 15:30, in the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2023 (CoR Jacques Delors building, JDE 53).

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021 - Friuli Venezia Giulia the official partner

Friuli Venezia Giulia region is this year’s official partner of the second edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021. The region is organizing a special session on its regional experience on 20 October 2021 at 10.00h